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Rom 9:21. Ἤ) particle of interrogation [an?].-ἐξουσίαν, power) construed with, over the clay. The potter does not make the clay but digs it out; God makes man, therefore He has greater power [over man], than the potter [over the clay]. But absolute power and liberty do not imply, that the will and decree are absolute. If God had left the whole human race under the power of sin and death, He would not have done unjustly, but He did not exercise that right. [Man is struck with the vivid exhibition of Divine power, so that he ever after unlearns all the outrageous (unreasonable) suspicions of his thoughts, against the justice [righteousness] of God, Mat 20:15; Exo 20:20; Job 42:2; Job 42:6.-V. g.].-φυράματος) lump, which has been prepared from clay and softened by steeping, and has its parts now more homogeneous.-εἰς ἀτιμίαν, to dishonour) Paul speaks circumspectly, he does not yet say, to wrath: vessel must be construed with these words [To make one, a vessel unto honour, etc.]